Bellingrath Garden Inn
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Made it
Just a quick note: yesterday, the 10th of Dec. we made it past mile zero in downtown Mobile and further to Dog River Marina. 1 Hour ahead of the cold front.
More and pictures and video in the next few days after we get some sleep.
Harry and Barbara
The adventure continues
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Happy Thanksgiving Day
... the children of the marina workers had decorated. We met new Looper friends and caught up with others who had just arrived in the area after navigating the Tenn-Tom River as we did a couple weeks ago. It was truly a memorable feast.
We've had steady progress this week with boat repairs. The Captain is pretty particular about the compounding and polishing of the hull, however, and after a couple tries by the yard crew he has requested ...
Miss Weswey - Mississippi
... and that I could simply hop on here and then when we stop in Mobile, Alabama, the mother station, I could go inside and get a ticket. Ja right! So I'm going to hang around a closed station only to be told that the driver won't let me on the bus? I think not! So Karen kindly offered to drive me to Mobile some 70 miles and across the state line, so that I could get a ticket straight away from the mother station. And that's exactly what we did. I also checked my suitcase in ...
Norlans - Vancleave, Mississippi
Now that I'm at a "Mother Station" in Mobile Alabama, have 2 Gigs of data, have cellphone reception, I can relax, and post my overdue blogs of my last few days. I left off last time after my first day in New Orleans. Lets go back there.... I checked out after night 2, left my humungous bag at reception at the Cotton Exchange Inn and took to the streets once again. I walked the length of Bourbon Street until I got a sense that I was perhaps moving too far ...
High and Dry
... won't have to move into a hotel.
Some of you have asked why we are getting maintenance done before we get into more salt water. We had the bottom of the boat painted with special paint for salt water a few years ago and we want to make sure that the paint coverage is still good. Also, we are having the props examined to see if there is any damage, shaft seals replaced (general maintenance issue), and line cutters installed ...